With the exceptional amount of Anti-Blackness propagated in #Anime fandom this past week due to @WhytManga’s post about @Saturday_am’s #ClockStriker, I think I need to clarify a few things.
Time for a 🧵…
Time for a 🧵…
1. Those of you asking why (Western) #Anime Fandom and #AniTwt are racist, are asking a silly question and should already know the answer, but I’ll humour you and tell you again…
White Supremacy and Anti-Blackness are deeply woven into every fibre of Western Society.
White Supremacy and Anti-Blackness are deeply woven into every fibre of Western Society.
Anti-Blackness and White Supremacy permeate absolutely everything; from governments, to educational institutions. EVERYTHING.
Western Anime fandom and AniTwt, are a microcosm of wider society; so naturally White Supremacy and the Anti-Blackness birthed from it are rampant…
Western Anime fandom and AniTwt, are a microcosm of wider society; so naturally White Supremacy and the Anti-Blackness birthed from it are rampant…
within said communities; you could even say that they are magnified somewhat. The unwarranted hate for Black Mangaka, Black Cosplayers and other Black Creators in Anime Spaces WILL NOT be quelled, until we deal with the spectre of White Supremacy in wider Western and Global
Society.
2) #BlackAnimePodcasts is Pro-Black and Pan-Africanist in its outlook.
White Supremacy, Anti-Blackness and any other kind of ideology that refuses to acknowledge the humanity of my Skinfolk, is not tolerated and will NEVER be tolerated by…
2) #BlackAnimePodcasts is Pro-Black and Pan-Africanist in its outlook.
White Supremacy, Anti-Blackness and any other kind of ideology that refuses to acknowledge the humanity of my Skinfolk, is not tolerated and will NEVER be tolerated by…
#BlackAnimePodcasts or any other venture I may pursue in future.
Anyone spewing White Supremacist and Anti-Black Rhetoric, this includes Misogynoir and Homophobia or Transphobia aimed in the direction of Black LGBTQ+ Folks, will be BLOCKED, MUTED and any affiliation they may…
Anyone spewing White Supremacist and Anti-Black Rhetoric, this includes Misogynoir and Homophobia or Transphobia aimed in the direction of Black LGBTQ+ Folks, will be BLOCKED, MUTED and any affiliation they may…
have had with Black Anime Podcasts will be swiftly terminated.
3) In future #BlackAnimePodcasts will not partner, work or associate with any party that refuses to publicly acknowledge the impact White Supremacy, Anti-Blackness and the power structures birthed…
3) In future #BlackAnimePodcasts will not partner, work or associate with any party that refuses to publicly acknowledge the impact White Supremacy, Anti-Blackness and the power structures birthed…
from them, have had and continue to have on Black Folks, Indigenous Folks and other populations of colour. This is something that is not up for negotiation or debate.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and I for one hope that AniTwt and wider Anime Fandom as a whole…
Thank you for taking the time to read this and I for one hope that AniTwt and wider Anime Fandom as a whole…
manages to fix up sharpish and weed out, then ostracise the White Supremacists that plague our community, because I AM TIRED.
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